Oh, by the way, talk about hashgacha p’ratis. I just got a phone call from a chaver of mine from out-of-town who called out of the blue and he received S’micha from Rav Moshe ZT”L as well; in the 1970’s (I don’t know why I didn’t think to call him before).
Anyway, he immediately confirmed that everyone in the Yeshiva in that era knew of the shita; that without a pechem there’s no kibui.
I don’t know why we needed all this machlokis; all anyone had to do was to talk to their Rav about the shita or ask anyone who was in MTJ.
Thanks for your b’racha Bemused; you have a good Shabbos too. And good Shabbos to ROB and to all.